Where does “ব্রাহ্মসমাজ” come from?

ব্রাহ্মসমাজ (Bengali) comes from Bengali সমাজ, from Sanskrit समाज, from Sanskrit सम्, from Sanskrit आस, from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- — to press, push.

ব্রাহ্মসমাজ (Bengali): Brahmo Samaj

Definitions

  1. Brahmo Samaj

Ancestry of “ব্রাহ্মসমাজ”, step by step

ব্রাহ্মসমাজ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Bengali সমাজ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliসমাজsociety
2Sanskritसमाजsociety, assembly, conclave
3Sanskritसम्to be agitated or disturbed
4Sanskritआसto have been
5Proto-Indo-Europeansewh₁-to press, push

via Bengali ব্রাহ্ম

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bengaliব্রাহ্মrelating to Brahma
2Sanskritব্রাহ্ম—

Words derived from “ব্রাহ্মসমাজ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sewh₁- →Every word from Sanskrit आस →Every word from Sanskrit सम् →